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Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables?

All,

I’m looking for a good set of cables (speaker, RCA interconnect, digital coax) to replace a bunch of cheap off-brand cables with something better from a single manufacturer.  I have annoyingly specific requirements: they need to be on the warm/forgiving side, need to be flexible at the connectors because of a tight fit behind by gear, and need to be reasonably priced (probably not more than around $250 a piece).  

I tried Kimber Timbre interconnects and Kimber VS21 coax, but this combo was too bright/leading-edge focused in my system. 
 

Thanks for any advice!

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audphile1
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Audience OHNO. Keep in mind speaker cables almost always cost more than the interconnects. Check https://partsconnexion.com/

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thecarpathian
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@toro3 +1

Call The Cable Company.

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tbazaudio
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Triode wire labs spirit.

soix
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I’d give a call to Ice Age Audio and Pine Tree Audio and see what they recommend for your needs.  Both have a reputation for giving helpful advice and are a big step up from the cheap stuff but still well within your budget, and I believe both offer a trial period so little risk.  Best of luck. 

https://iceageaudio.com/ice-age-audio-store

https://sites.google.com/view/pine-tree-audio/home

 

ghdprentice
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Definitely look at Cardas... through the Cable Company. They have new and used. The lower on price the warmer... they are assuming lower cost components will be used with lower levels of their products and therefore be cooler more analytical sounding. Which they tend to be. 

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